Taking flight 🚀⁣ ⁣ The #MissionToPsyche is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid also named Psyche.⁣ ⁣ The Psyche spacecraft launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Friday, Oct. 13, at 10:19 a.m. EDT (14:19 UTC) from Launch Complex 39A NASAKennedy in Florida. Psyche has acquired full communication, and initial telemetry shows the spacecraft is in good health.⁣ ⁣ This is our first mission to a metal world. According to scientific analysis, the asteroid Psyche is likely a mixture of rock and metal. Scientists think Psyche could be part of an early planetesimal, and can unlock secrets of how planets form and evolve. Since we can’t bore a path to the Earth’s core (or that of other rocky planets), Psyche could provide us with a one-of-a-kind window into the origins of the Solar System.⁣ ⁣ So long Psyche, and good luck on your six year, 2.2-billion-mile journey. We can’t wait to see what you’ll discover.⁣ ⁣ Visual descriptions:⁣ ⁣ 1. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacec...